Airbus A350 XWB completes route proving tour

Airbus A350-900 flight test aircraft, MSN005, has completed a series of route proving trials at 14 cities over the past three weeks and is on track toward type certification in the third quarter of 2014.
According to Airbus, the tour took the flight test aircraft around the globe from July 24 on a 20-day trip flying over the North Pole, each ocean and stopping at 14 major international airports worldwide. The tour included Frankfurt, Singapore, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Sydney, Auckland, ...